TY - JOUR
T1 - College students' perceptions of men and women choosing teaching and management
T2 - The effects of gender and sex role egalitarianism
AU - Brabeck, Mary M.
AU - Weisgerber, Karen
PY - 1989/12
Y1 - 1989/12
N2 - Three hundred and thirty-eight undergraduate students (180 females, 158 males) rated the characteristics of protagonists presented in one of six hypothetical scenarios on 29 seven-point bipolar descriptors, and completed the Sex Role Egalitarian Scale (SRES; Beere, King, Beere & King, 1984). Protagonists' gender and choice of occupation (elementary education, secondary education, and management) were varied. Women obtained higher SRES scores than males. Overall, Maryann was rated more favorably than David, and secondary education was rated more favorably than management or elementary education. Factor analysis yielded four factors-adjusted worker, industrious worker, powerful worker, and creative worker-that were analyzed in 4 four-way analyses of variance examining effects of protagonists' gender and choice of career and subjects' gender and SRES. Results are discussed in light of stereotyping of males and females in female sex-typed professions.
AB - Three hundred and thirty-eight undergraduate students (180 females, 158 males) rated the characteristics of protagonists presented in one of six hypothetical scenarios on 29 seven-point bipolar descriptors, and completed the Sex Role Egalitarian Scale (SRES; Beere, King, Beere & King, 1984). Protagonists' gender and choice of occupation (elementary education, secondary education, and management) were varied. Women obtained higher SRES scores than males. Overall, Maryann was rated more favorably than David, and secondary education was rated more favorably than management or elementary education. Factor analysis yielded four factors-adjusted worker, industrious worker, powerful worker, and creative worker-that were analyzed in 4 four-way analyses of variance examining effects of protagonists' gender and choice of career and subjects' gender and SRES. Results are discussed in light of stereotyping of males and females in female sex-typed professions.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00289812
DO - 10.1007/BF00289812
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001487487
SN - 0360-0025
VL - 21
SP - 841
EP - 857
JO - Sex Roles
JF - Sex Roles
IS - 11-12
ER -